diff --git a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java
index bce51b8..44be055 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/clip/placeholderapi/updatechecker/UpdateChecker.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ package me.clip.placeholderapi.updatechecker;
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
 import me.clip.placeholderapi.PlaceholderAPIPlugin;
 import me.clip.placeholderapi.util.Msg;
@@ -90,17 +91,22 @@ public class UpdateChecker implements Listener {
       return false;
     }
 
-    String plV = toReadable(pluginVersion);
-    String spV = toReadable(spigotVersion);
-    return plV.compareTo(spV) < 0;
+    int[] plV = toReadable(pluginVersion);
+    int[] spV = toReadable(spigotVersion);
+
+    if (plV[0] < spV[0]) {
+      return true;
+    } else if ((plV[1] < spV[1])) {
+      return true;
+    } else return plV[2] < spV[2];
   }
 
-  private String toReadable(String version) {
-    if (version.contains("-DEV-")) {
-      version = version.split("-DEV-")[0];
+  private int[] toReadable(String version) {
+    if (version.contains("-DEV")) {
+      version = version.split("-DEV")[0];
     }
 
-    return version.replaceAll("\\.", "");
+    return Arrays.stream(version.split("\\.")).mapToInt(Integer::parseInt).toArray();
   }
 
   @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.MONITOR)